2006–07 Toyota Racing Series

2006–07 Toyota Racing Series

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The 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series was the third Toyota Racing Series season. It began on 4 November 2006 at Pukekohe Park Raceway in New Zealand and ended on 22 April 2007, also at Pukekohe.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have competed during the 2006–07 Toyota Racing Series. All teams used Tatuus TT104ZZ chassis with Toyota engine.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
International Motorsport	1	Daniel Gaunt	All
	97	Shane van Gisbergen	All
Knight Motorsport	3	Andy Knight	All
Motorsport Solutions	4	Andrew Higgins	3, 7
	22	Michael Johnson	1
Auto Motion	5	Marc Doran	1–4
		Dominic Storey	6
	6	Jayant Singh	1–2
	7	Ben Harford	All
	9	Nic Jordan	1–6
	40	Mark Munro	3–6
	44	Brent Collins	7
Ken Smith Motorsport	11	Ken Smith	1–2, 4–7
		Wade Cunningham	3
Mark Petch Motorsport	16	Edoardo Piscopo	3
	38	Hamad Al Fardan	1–3
	55	Christina Orr	All
Zenith Racing	20	Daynom Templeman	All
Victory Motor Racing	28	Brendon Hartley
		Nelson Hartley	3–7
	44	Will Thomason	1–3
	98	Mark Russ	All
European Technique	42	Leanne Tander	4–6
	47	Lucas Dumbrell	1–2
		Barton Mawer	3–4
		Tim Slade	7
ESWA Racing	45	Keeley Pudney	4–5
		Matthew Hamilton	6–7
	84	Ben Clucas	1–3
Chris van der Drift	71	Chris van der Drift
David Besnard	72	David Besnard	6
Team Meritus	78	Earl Bamber	All
Ben Crighton Racing	87	Ben Crighton	All

International Drivers

Nine drivers in all: USA's Michael Johnson, Italy's Edoardo Piscopo, Bahrain's Hamad Al Fardan, Britain's Ben Clucas and five Australian drivers.

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	4 November	Pukekohe Manfeild Timaru Taupo Ruapuna Teretonga
	R2		5 November
	R3
2	R1	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park (Christchurch, Canterbury)	25 November
	R2		26 November
3	R1	Taupo Motorsport Park (Taupō, Waikato)	20 January
	R2		21 January
	R3
4	R1	Manfeild Autocourse (Feilding, Manawatū District)	17 February
	R2		18 February
	R3
5	R1	Timaru International Motor Raceway (Timaru, Canterbury)	3 March
	R2		4 March
	R3
6	R1	Teretonga Park (Invercargill, Southland)	10 March
	R2		11 March
	R3
7	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway (Pukekohe, Auckland Region)	21 April
	R2		22 April
	R3

Race results

Round		Venue	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	R2			Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	R3			Shane van Gisbergen	Ben Clucas	ESWA Racing
2	R1	Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park	Ben Clucas	Andy Knight	Hamad Al Fardan	Mark Petch Motorsport
	R2			Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
3	R1	Taupo Motorsport Park	Shane van Gisbergen	Ben Harford	Ben Clucas	ESWA Racing
	R2			Ben Harford	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	R3			Shane van Gisbergen	Ben Harford	Auto Motion
4	R1	Manfeild Autocourse	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	International Motorsport
	R2			Andy Knight	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R3			Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
5	R1	Timaru International Motor Raceway	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2			Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	R3			Andy Knight	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
6	R1	Teretonga Park	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
	R2			Andy Knight	Ben Harford	Auto Motion
	R3			Daniel Gaunt	Daniel Gaunt	International Motorsport
7	R1	Pukekohe Park Raceway	Shane van Gisbergen	Shane van Gisbergen	Andy Knight	Knight Motorsport
	R2			Andy Knight	Shane van Gisbergen	International Motorsport

Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	PUK1			RUA		TAU			MAN			TIM			TER			PUK2		Points
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2
1	Daniel Gaunt	1	1	5	4	2	2	1	14	3	3	1	6	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	1448
2	Shane van Gisbergen	5	11	2	DNS	9	5	3	2	1	5	2	2	2	3	4	4	12	14	1	1120
3	Ben Harford	2	2	Ret	3	5	Ret	4	1	4	2	Ret	Ret	3	5	2	1	14	3	Ret	1025
4	Andy Knight	3	13	4	5	1	4	19	4	2	1	Ret	1	8	2	5	15	13	1	2	1015
5	Christina Orr	7	4	14	10	11	16	12	8	5	6	Ret	4	9	11	12	12	6	6	7	750
6	Daynom Templeman	6	Ret	3	9	16	11	7	5	11	8	4	Ret	11	6	7	DNS	3	5	10	717
7	Earl Bamber	8	8	9	12	12	6	11	Ret	9	10	6	13	Ret	12	9	5	Ret	4	4	600
8	Nelson Hartley						8	9	10	6	7	3	11	4	7	11	8	8	7	8	566
9	Ben Clucas	4	14	1	2	4	1	17	Ret												554
10	Nic Jordan	13	5	11	8	10	10	6	Ret	7	13	8	3	Ret	4	Ret	10	5			541
11	Hamad Al Fardan	12	Ret	DNS	1	3	3	2	Ret												530
12	Ken Smith	14	6	8	15	14				8	4	5	12	5	8	13	11	Ret	11	9	490
13	Mark Russ	15	10	7	7	6	13	10	11	13	17	Ret	7	Ret	15	14	13	9	9	6	489
14	Marc Doran	9	3	10	14	8	7	5	DNS	10	11	10									469
15	Ben Crighton	11	Ret	Ret	11	13	18	18	13	14	14	9	9	10	9	15	14	11	15	DNS	240
16	Matthew Hamilton															3	3	2	12	5	236
17	Leanne Tander									Ret	9	7	10	6	14	16	9	10			225
18	Jayant Singh	10	7	6	6	7															207
19	Mark Munro						17	16	Ret	Ret	16	11	5	12	10	10	Ret	7			157
20	Dominic Storey															8	7	4			135
21	Andrew Higgins						15	13	7										10	12	127
22	Keeley Pudney									12	12	Ret	8	7	13						109
23	Barton Mawer						9	8	9	15	15	Ret									101
24	David Besnard															6	6	15			90
25	Edoardo Piscopo						DSQ	15	3												78
26	Wade Cunningham						12	14	6												57
27	Will Thomason	18	Ret	13	13	15	14	Ret	12												43
28	Tim Slade																		8	11	39
29	Michael Johnson	17	9	12																	36
30	Lucas Dumbrell	16	12	15	16	Ret															14
31	Brendon Hartley																				0
32	Brent Collins																		13	13	0
33	Chris van der Drift																				0
Pos.	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	Points
		PUK1			RUA		TAU			MAN			TIM			TER			PUK2

References

• Final standings on Driver Database